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Tennessee Senate advances slate of bills on first consideration
Summary
Leader Johnson moved the Senate to pass a slate of bills on first consideration; the clerk announced the bills were passed on first consideration without objection. No bill text or sponsors were discussed on the floor.
At the Tennessee Senate session this week, the chamber moved to pass a slate of bills on first consideration after a short floor motion by Leader Johnson.
Leader Johnson moved, citing Senate Rule 32 and Article 2, Section 18 of the Tennessee Constitution, that "Senate bills 14 64 through 14 71 and 14 73 through 16 o 6 be passed on first consideration," as recorded in the transcript. The clerk announced, "Without objection, the senate bills are passed on first consideration." No bill summaries, sponsors, or debate were recorded on the floor during that motion.
The action taken reflects a procedural floor step that advances measures to the next stage of consideration under chamber rules; the transcript does not record the bills' content or their sponsors. The motion was treated as properly made and seconded and was approved by voice vote.
Because the transcript reproduces the bill-number ranges with unclear spacing and a garbled sequence for the second range ("16 o 6"), the article reproduces the motion phrasing as spoken in the record rather than making assumptions about exact bill numbers. The clerk's announcement that the bills were passed on first consideration is the only formal floor action recorded on this item.
The Senate also introduced a block of joint resolutions on first consideration and held them on the clerk's desk, per the clerk's announcement.
